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| word | definition |
|---|---|
| Poignant | sharp |
| lassitude | lack of energy |
| apprehend | to understand(to fear) |
| prodigious | amazing |
| indolent | lazy |
| persiflage | flippant style |
| ambiguous | indefinite |
| declasse | low class |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| mollify | make soft |
| gregarious | sociable |
| altercation | a heated despute |
| alter ego | a second self |
| demur | to object |
| ambivalence | conflicting feelings |
| philander | to engage in love affairs |
| apocrypha | unauthentic words |
| tendentious | slanted |
| importune | to trouble with requests |
| apothegm | a pity saying |
| cacoethes | a mania |
| precept | a maxim |
| verdical | truthful |
| pulchritude | physical beauty |
| expunge | completely remove |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| translucent | semitransparent |
| cacophony | bad noise |
| tangible | touchable |
| altruism | concern for others |
| obsequies | funeral ceremonies |
| exodus | a departure |
| pensive | sadly thoughtful |
| salubrious | healthful |
| demure | modest or affectedly modest |
| undulate | to wave |
| amiable | friendly |
| abate | to lessen |
| serene | clear and calm |
| obsequious | servile |
| sedate | calm |
| condesced | to lower oneself |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| interstice | small space |
| dialectic | logical argument |
| temerarious | reckless |
| sophist | a specious reasoner |
| erudite | scholary |
| denouement | unraveling of plot |
| concupiscence | intense desire or lust |
| esculent | edible |
| pertinacious | holding stubbornly |
| interlocutor | a person in conversation |
| aphorism | a concise wisdom |
| autodidact | a self-taught person |
| refiy | to treat as real |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| circumvent | to get around |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| perplex | confuse |
| copious | abundant |
| traverse | cross |
| bibliophile | book lover |
| demography | the study of populations |
| sanguine | cheerful |
| ostentatious | showy display |
| microcosm | a small universe |
| defenestrate | toss out the window |
| animus | intent or hatred |
| nonplused | perplexed |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| commensurate | of like measure |
| neophyte | beginner |
| incredulous | not believing |
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